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Motifs
- Magic object has pre-natal influence. D1352
- Magic net has prenatal influence. (Cf. D1196.) D1352.1
- Magic telepathy. Influence at a distance. D1785
- "Take people by the locks" (use your influence to make people subservient to you). H588.16
- Sent back for the rest of the money. A fool finds a treasure and takes some of it to a judge so as to purchase influence. The judge sends him back for the rest. J2662
- Trickster feigns ability to influence the sun; sells services. Sun to shine on fools' backs as they go to town in morning and return in afternoon. K154
- Bluff: wealth gained by seeming to be in the king's confidence. Courtier asks the king for a reward that will cost nothing. He gets permission to listen to the king's devotions. He now receives bribes because of his apparent influence. K1782
- Murder will out: murderers quarrel under influence of drink and reveal crime. N271.11
- Law requiring military service of women revoked through influence of saint. P551.6
- Prenatal influences. T576